Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1887-06-07
MORE ARTEslAN WAFER.

MORE ARTESlAN WAFER.
The DriIlsrs at the Brick Yard and
Electric Light Well strike the
Aqueous Basin.
About five O'Clock yesterday afternoon
the drill in the artesian well at the brick
yards tapped the water bearing rock
about 500 feet below the eurface and
within reasonable time a large stream Of
clear cold water began running over the
top of the pipe. The news of the find
spread rapidly and there was a rush Of
many people to the scene, who found
upon their arrival that the reports we're
true and that a large flow had been tap
ped. Alter striking the water bearing
rock and penetrating an inch or two the
drill was removed and the casing driven
down to the bottom Of the hole and OPP
erations ceased for the night. This
morning at the usual hour the machin-
cry was again set in motion and with
every up and down motion of the drill
the flow Of water increased. The we'll
house has been crowded all day with
spectators and the thoroughfares leading
to the brick yards have been walked over
many times. The water which issues is
clear and cool and In every other par
ticular the same quality as that of the
city well.
Messrs Richey & harr have kept the
drill buslly pounding all day and this
afternoon the flow has increased until it
nearly rivals the flow OF the city we'll
The water rushes upward with such
force as to almost overcome the weight
OF the fifteen hundred pound drill and
downward progress is slow. Every inch
OF rock overcome adds to the volume of
water and it is now spouting from the
iron clad orifice with a force which shows
great pressure below, 1t is the intention
of the contractors to keep the drill ct
work as long as the water will permit it
to pound wen lightly on the bottom.
This is all that can be done. When the
water pressure overcomes the gravity of
the heavy drill operations must cease,
| Yapkton has another monster artesian
well. This one will be used to turn
electric light and brick making ma
chinery.
LATER-THE DRILL REMOVED.
The curious people who have throng-
ed the well house and vicinity all day,
in order to get O look at the spoater
when at its BEST, had their desires full.
filled about $50 this afternoon, when
the drill was removed and the water
given full vent. The terrific force at
this time held up the 1900 pounds o
drill and rope &c that no blow on the
rock bottom al p%erceptible end so it
wss impossible to 20 farther without
attaching more weights to the drill.
When the drill was removed the water
rose in o solid column three feet and one
inch above the top of the casing and the
stream which rum the sluice to the river
swelled to immense proportions. The
drill was forty-iye feet into the water
bearing rock when the
last stroke was made
The drillers in charge are of the opinion
that the we'll possesses as much force
and spouts as much water as the big
well on the hill, and in the course Of
month its full force will be demon
strsted by means of a water wheel O
some pattern. The success attendan'
upon this means one and possibly two
more wells for the city, and a proper
tomato increase in the manufacturing in
dustries.
MIR. Karr visited the city we'll after the
new well began to spout and reports it
flow undiminished, the new well having
no effect on the old one.